Gajeel and Panther Lily, who had already reached the capital, were similarly stunned by the scene.
Magic of such intensity, in an instant, made everyone Zorn deemed an enemy vanish from this world.
Gajeel shivered as he saw the unusually cold Zorn.
Panther Lily, however, looked at Zorn with fear. Although he knew Zorn likely bore him no ill will, a strange sense of dread welled up within him.
Both maintained the same fearful gaze at Zorn.
Zorn was extremely satisfied with the fused power within his body.
Suddenly feeling the intense gaze from beside him in the air, he turned and saw the two. His icy gaze immediately melted.
"So it's Gajeel! It seems you've found your own cat! Not bad, not bad..."
Zorn glanced at Panther Lily behind Gajeel, nodded, and was very Happy for Gajeel.
Fates destined to meet will always meet.
"Of course! This is the cat this great master fancies, a thousand times better than those Fire Dragons!"
Gajeel crossed his arms, and upon hearing Zorn's praise, he grinned, having already decided Panther Lily was his cat.
The two of them, in their back-and-forth, left Panther Lily speechless. He simply gulped and tacitly agreed.
Zorn stared at Panther Lily, then a light suddenly flashed in his mind. He remembered something and beckoned with his hand.
From the sky, a well-protected golden cat immediately floated down.
"And you, little fellow~"
"How about it, do you need me to send you home?"
Zorn gently stroked Simi's head, asking softly.
"I... I want to find my brother..."
Simi looked at Zorn, pushing his hand away with his head, his eyes welling up with tears.
His two wings flapped, and he wanted to fly towards the direction where his brother Tami had disappeared in the distance.
"Brother? Hey, wait a moment, little fellow."
Just as Zorn was still surprised, he casually held Simi in his arms. As he pondered, a figure also arrived beside him.
"It seems the power has fused well. Now our guild has five Dragon Slayers!"
Laxus also hovered in the air, looking at Zorn with a fighting spirit.
In his hand, he was also carrying an orange cat.
"Hey, hey, hey, Laxus, spare me!"
"Aren't you tired of fighting? Gildarts of this world was fighting you!"
Zorn complained helplessly. He didn't want to stretch his muscles; his exercise for the day had exceeded the limit, and that last magic attack had drained a lot of his stamina.
"Hmph, how boring!" Laxus pouted and said indifferently.
That guy, seeing Zorn's powerful combat ability, plus the fact that he had completed what he promised the kingdom, reaching this point, it was useless even if he risked his life. So, he took advantage of Laxus's momentary distraction.
He had already vanished without a trace.
Because Zorn happened to be blocking the way, Gajeel didn't see that Laxus was also carrying a cat in his hand at that moment.
Gajeel, however, was posing in place, trying his best to show off Panther Lily behind him, wanting Laxus to see his own cat.
"Huh?"
"This guy..."
Laxus looked at Panther Lily behind Gajeel with a puzzled expression, as if he had thought of something, and lowered his head to look at the cat in his hand.
He suddenly remembered that he had accidentally discovered Gajeel searching the entire city for a cat, and it seemed he understood that Gajeel was currently showing off his own cat.
He immediately picked up the orange cat and waved it at Gajeel, his eyes seeming to say, "I found mine first."
This action, however, made Simi in Zorn's arms light up, and he happily cried out, "Brother Tami!" His hands swung left and right, clearly overjoyed.
"Brother Tami, it's great that you're okay!"
"Yo~ Simi! Don't worry, I'm going to be an Admiral!" Tami put his hands on his hips, looking incredibly bold.
The orange and golden cats, with the help of Zorn's magic, floated and embraced. Although the two brothers hadn't been separated for long, the experiences during this time had broadened their horizons.
They had both witnessed a rare battle scene.
"The matter here is concluded. The rest will be decided by Mystogan!"
Zorn led Laxus and the group into the capital city, quietly awaiting Mystogan's decision. He couldn't make the call on this matter, as Mystogan was the prince of this kingdom and the future new king of this country.
The two cats, however, kept circling Happy, looking at him. Happy's appearance greatly surprised the two brothers, as if they saw the figures of their uncle and aunt in Happy.
Tami looked around, staring at Natsu for a while. Happy's scent and this person's scent were exactly the same. He then looked at Carla, who was currently held in Wendy's arms.
He then recalled hearing from his aunt that the Exceed clan had apparently sent a batch of eggs to another world.
"I know!"
"You must be the child Uncle and Aunt lost, our eldest brother!"
Tami shouted. As soon as this sound came out, Happy's body suddenly trembled. The expression of slight embarrassment he had from being watched vanished.
He stared blankly at Tami.
"Big brother? Happy has a younger brother?"
"Congratulations, Happy, it seems you've found your family too!"
Natsu was also surprised by the news. He squatted down and happily ruffled Happy's head.
"This...."
Happy, however, still stared blankly at Tami and Simi. Although he still couldn't quite believe it, tears had already welled up in his eyes.
Rumble~
The entire earth began to tremble. Streaks of golden magic emerged from the ground, and the islands in the sky seemed to lose some kind of support, with some rubble beginning to fall to the ground.
"What's happening..."
"What... what exactly is happening? Magic... is disappearing..."
Everyone began to panic.
"Is this your choice, Mystogan?"
Zorn murmured softly.
But he was making preparations with his hands.
Meanwhile, in a secret room.
"This is the way. Only when magic completely disappears from this kingdom will there be no strife."
"By reversing the effect of Armani, all of Edolas's magic will flow into Earth-land. That world, full of magic, can completely and smoothly absorb this magic."
"For the rebirth of the Edolas Kingdom, it must first be destroyed once."
Mystogan stared blankly at the magic operating, muttering some words to himself, as if speaking to himself and to Erza behind him.
He just didn't notice that his father was silently watching all of this from a distance.
He sighed, as if tacitly approving Mystogan's choice.
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